By Kathleen Christison – Former CIA AnalystPalestineChronicle.com "Coup" is the word being widely used to describe what happened in Gaza in June when Hamas militias defeated the armed security forces of Fatah and chased them […]

By Marwan Arikat Special to PalestineChronicle.com On July 17th, 2007, The Palestinian National Liberation Movement , Fatah, has been declared dead by one of its leaders, Mahmoud Abbas. There will be no funerals, because it […]

By Norman Solomon Last week, a media advisory from "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" announced a new series of interviews on the PBS show that will address "what Iraq might look like when the U.S. […]

By Francis A. Boyle  PalestineChronicle.com Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s installation of George W. Bush as President in January of 2001, the peoples of the world have witnessed a government in the United States of […]

By Ramzy BaroudSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com The Hamas government crackdown on Mohamed Dahlan’s corrupt security forces and affiliated gangs in the Gaza Strip in June appears to mark a turning point in the Bush administration’s foreign […]

Israel has reportedly authorised 1,000 rifles to be shipped to security forces in the West Bank loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president. The weapons were transported from Jordan according to the report in the […]

By Joharah Baker No one should be surprised by the current deterioration in Palestinian internal affairs. Never has there been such a gash down the middle of our society, painfully dividing and alienating us from […]

By Serene Assir As the border crisis triggered by Israel’s closure of the Rafah terminal entered its fifth week, clashes broke out at Arish Airport in North Sinai, where 108 Palestinians are stranded. The incident, […]

By Joshua Frank Special to PalestineChronicle.com Richard Holbrooke likes Hillary Clinton. In fact he may well be asked to serve as Secretary of State if she is to win the presidential campaign next year. Holbrooke, […]

By Rannie AmiriSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com It is the one year anniversary of the “Second Lebanon War” as the Israelis now call it. It took them nearly as long to finally decide on a name for […]

Foreign ministers from Egypt and Jordan are due to hold talks with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem to promote a Middle East peace plan adopted by the Arab League. Ahmed Abul Gheit, Egypt’s foreign minister, and Abdel […]

Faulting the international community’s approach to the Hamas-led Palestinian government, the British House of Lords called on the European Union Tuesday, July 24, to engage Hamas as a key Palestinian player. "We believe that the […]

By Phyllis Bennis  Pretty much no one is taking it seriously.  Even mainstream analysts usually willing to take Bush administration Middle East initiatives at face value are rolling their collective eyes. The New York Times’ […]

By Kathy KellySpecial to PalestineChronicle.com Last week, Umm Daoud, (her name means "Mother of Daoud"), met me and three friends at a bridge that crosses into her neighborhood. It was just after sundown; the streets […]

By Akiva Eldar The realization slowly began to dawn on Dror Etkes when the Civil Administration notified him that its inspectors had issued demolition orders for the structures built by Amona settlers in 1997 next to […]

By M. Shahid AlamSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com  “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn […]

The Israeli government has, for the first time, approved a school textbook for Arab pupils that includes the Palestinian view of the creation of Israel. The book, which will be used in the public school system […]

By Uri AvneryPalestineChronicle.com  In a classical American western, the difference is as glaring as the midday sun in Colorado: there are Good Guys and Bad Guys. The good ones are the settlers, who are making […]

By Timothy SeidelPalestineChronicle.com Exclusive I thought about the irony as I walked the grounds of the old Orthodox Church, surveying the church and the new wall being constructed around it.  We were visiting with members […]

By Tony Karon President Bush’s announcement of a new Middle East summit is being dutifully reported as a move to "revive" the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, designed to culminate in a two-state solution. But the meeting, […]

CAIRO – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking up his new job as the Quartet’s Middle East peace envoy without a real mandate or authorities, which virtually renders his mission "symbolic" and keeps […]

By Anthony DiMaggio It’s easy enough to read in the American press about Hama’s commitment to destroying Israel, or about the endless threats Israelis suffer under the onslaught of Palestinian suicide attacks and Hezbollah’s aggression. […]

By Assaf kfoury In a matter of just a few days in June, the Palestinian unity government patiently brokered by Saudi Arabia three months earlier foundered in bloody clashes between Hamas and Fatah. Outnumbered and […]

By Ira GluntPalestineChronicle.com Exclusive The Israeli and US policy of supporting the newly formed Palestinian government of the weak Mahmoud Abbas and his divided Fatah party while attempting to isolate and paralyze the democratically elected […]

By Joshua FrankPalestineChronicle.com It was a slumber party on Capital Hill. Democrats held an all-nighter on July 17 in an attempt to mollify the great antiwar sentiment that is raging across the land. But their […]

By Mike Whitney     PalestineChronicle.com   "RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian strategic bombers heading for British airspace yesterday, as the spirit of the Cold War returned to the North Atlantic once again. The […]

What is Canada  for?  Intent For a Nation.  Michael Byers. Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, Canada. 2007. By Jim MilesPalestineChronicle.com Exclusive   There is a second sub-title to this book, A relentlessly optimistic manifesto for Canada’s role […]

By Pablo OuzielSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com  In these trying times of wars, famines and all sort of manmade disasters, I strongly believe that we ought to confront our popular apathy and the abundant arrogance of our […]

By Ramzy BaroudSpecial to PalestineChronicle.com  The news of recent weeks emanating from Washington and Baghdad point to one clear, if not final, conclusion: The Bush administration’s adventures in Iraq have been a complete failure. What […]

BEITUNYA, West Bank – Israel released early on Friday, July 20, over 250 Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank in the biggest such releases in two years intended to bolster President Mahmud Abbas in his […]